Bend Cottage, London Apprentice, St. Austell PL26 7AR

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 87 m² · Owner-occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GC for £27,963 · £6,991 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£3010.1 yrs+6.8 pts · reaches F
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,600£6942.0 yrs+15.7 pts
Low energy lighting£40£152.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3522.8 yrs+8.0 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£27318.3 yrs+6.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£38123.6 yrs+8.6 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£32635.3 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches C

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£3,997
per year at grade G
£1,654
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,343 a year — a 8.4% annual return on £27,963.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,974 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Pondhu Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
St Mewan Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Mount Charles SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Poltair SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.26 · above average (2023/24)
Penrice AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.32 · above average (2023/24)
Brannel SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 +0.02 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

5.2
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019067, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.